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TIL the longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched (9 letters)

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QNG5d TIL Graham Young, known as the Teacup Poisoner, was released from a mental institution despite informing a psychiatric nurse that he intended to kill one person for every year he had been incarcerated
dDZl8 TIL that six American soldiers have defected to North Korea after the end of the Korean War.
pEk4 TIL There is no law against cannibalism in the United States
XbdP TIL that the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was financed by the Quaker Oats company because they wanted to launch a Wonka candy line.
awddM TIL a unit of measurement common in Sweden and Norway, but not in Denmark, is the Scandinavian Mile, or the Mil, pronounced like meal. It is equal to 10 kilometres, but has been longer in the past.